2022 · Purulia
Kangshabati Natya Parob
- 16 February 2022Nirbhaypur, Puncha, Purulia
- 22 February 2022Lagadanga, Puncha, Purulia
- 24 February 2022Daldali, Hura, Purulia
- 27 February 2022Gurda, Hura, Purulia
Jana Sanskriti · Forum Theatre
Theatre that turns spectators into actors — created with communities in the villages of West Bengal and performed wherever people gather.
Our Practice
Jana Sanskriti practises Forum Theatre, the Theatre of the Oppressed. Our plays grow out of workshops with rural communities and speak about the realities they live with every day.
In every performance the audience is invited onto the stage to question, to rehearse alternatives and to imagine change together.
Acting is not only performance — it is activism.
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Repertoire
Explore the productions, festivals and initiatives that carry our work from village courtyards to international stages.
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150 participants from 36 countries participated in this festival. Forum theatre groups from France, Spain, Iran, Germany & India had als...
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